https://www.afinalwarning.com/483939.html (Natural News) Scientists from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) are investigating a mysterious radio signal emanating from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the solar system.
Researchers working on Breakthrough Listen, a project devoted to the search for alien civilizations, detected the signal in April or May this year using the Parkes radio telescope in Australia. They have since been hard at work deciphering its cause. Though it likely has a mundane explanation, the researchers are intrigued about the signal’s very peculiar nature.
The beam, which has not been spotted again since its detection, appears to have come from Proxima Centauri. The red dwarf sits around 4.2 light-years from Earth and has two known planets orbiting it. Along with an apparent shift in the signal’s frequency, its direction may indicate the presence of a third planet or even hint at the existence of an advanced
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Did We Receive a Message from a Planet Orbiting the Nearest Star?
A radio blip, seemingly from Proxima Centauri, where an Earth-size planet world orbits in the habitable zone, is tantalizing but it’s probably not a signal from aliens
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On December 18, 2020, Ian Sample of the Guardian published a report about a tantalizing radio signal at 982.002MHz that was detected within the Breakthrough Listen project by the Parkes telescope in Australia from the nearest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri. This infrared star hosts an Earth-size planet, Proxima b, in its habitable zone, where liquid water could allow the chemistry of life on the planet’s surface. There was no scientific paper accompanying the report, and therefore it’s too early to draw any inferences.
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Astronomers investigate an unusual radio signal from the closest star beyond the sun.
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This is an artist s conception of Proxima Centauri b, a planet slightly bigger than the Earth, orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. Proxima and the Alpha Centauri binary are seen in the background at left. Last spring, an Australian radio telescope recorded an unexplained radio signal emanating from the Proxima system. (ESO, M. Kornmesser)
Quick. What s the closest star after the sun? If you said Alpha Centauri you re one-third correct. Alpha is actually a triple system comprised of Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri A), Toliman (Alpha B) and Proxima Centauri. The first two form a close, bright pair of sun-like stars located east of the Southern Cross. Standoffish Proxima, a dim red dwarf, orbits 2.2° away and requires a 4-inch telescope to see. Despite its low profile, Proxima has two claims to fame:
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They have noticed something intriguing coming from the direction of Proxima Centauri.
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Last month, as 2020 drew to a close and we on Earth completed one of our strangest orbits around the sun, news broke that astronomers had picked up a mysterious signal from another star.
Astronomers could tell, from the specific properties of the beam of radio waves, that it wasn’t made by an act of nature, such as a cosmic explosion. The signal coming from the star’s direction was produced by technology.
The signal, known as BLC1, was intriguing, but when news of its detection leaked to